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Vinita Vader
Currently searching for a Internships in Data Analysis
I am currently a PhD student in Personality Psychology at University of Oregon. My theoretical interests lie in understanding the structure of Personality, Values and Culture. I am interested in using machine learning techniques to build psychological mappings of people across demographics. Psychometrics, building culture specific surveys, and applying quantitative methods to psychological data analysis are some of my other interests.
I am well-versed with data wrangling(tidyverse), data visualization (ggplot2, tmap, leaflet) and data modeling (caret, tidymodels) in R. I am proficient in building reproducible documents (papaja, pagedown, RMarkdown) and also creating accessible outputs such as flexDashboard, reactable tables, and Distill websites. I am profient in functional programming (purrr) and have a keen interest in generative aRt.
These are some of my recent projects:
Education
St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), University of Mumbai
B.A. in Psychology
Mumbai, India
2014
Thesis: Study of interpersonal attraction in adolescents
Vivekanad College, University of Mumbai
M.A. in Applied Psychology
Mumbai, India
2016
Thesis: Working Memory Capacity in Caregivers of Alcoholics
Prafulta Psychological Service
Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Skills in Counselling,
Mumbai, India
2017
University of Oregon
PhD in Personality Psychology
Eugene, Oregon
2019 - Current
Teaching Experience
Mithibai College of Arts, University of Mumbai
Lecturer
Mumbai, India
2017-2018
- Graduate courses: Statistics for Psychology, Dissertation Guide
- Undergraduate courses: Social Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Industrial Psychology, Experimental Psychology (Practicum and theory)
University of Mumbai
Visiting Lecturer
Mumbai, India
2018-2019
- Graduate courses: Statistics for Psychology, Psychological Testing and Psychometrics Practicals
University of Oregon
Teaching fellow
OR, USA
2019-current
- Sole instructor
- Research Methods PSY 303 (Spring 2021)
- Co instructor
- Personality Psychology PSY 307 (Summer 2021)
- Lab instructor
- Statistical Methods PSY 611 (Fall 2021)
- Functional programming Lab - this was built for the Graduate Statistics Course I TA’d for in Fall 2021
- Statistics PSY 302 (Winter 2022)
- Teaching assistant
- Personality Psychology PSY (Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020)
- Cultural Psychology PSY (Fall 2020)
- Evolutionary Psychology PSY 410 (Spring 2020)
- Other
- R Bootcamp assistant (Summer 2021)
Clinial Experience
Thane Mental Hospital
Clinial intern
Thane, India
2015
- Mental status examinations
- Assessments - MMPI
- Diagnosis (DSM-5, ICD 10)
Sevadaan Special School
Clinial intern
Mumbai, India
2015
- Mental status examinations
- Assessments - Kamat- Binet Test of Intelligence, VSMS, Seguin-Form Board, Children Apperception Test,
- Diagnosis (DSM-5, ICD 10)
Masina Hospital’s Drug Rehabilitation Center
Clinial intern
Mumbai, India
2016
- Mental status examinations
- Assessments - Rorschach Ink Blot Test, Bender- Gestalt Test, Thematic Apperception Test, BDI
- Diagnosis (DSM-5, ICD 10)
Publications and Posters
Factors affecting Academic Achievement in students : An empirical study - understanding the interaction between creativity, intelligence and academic achievement
Journal of Education and Planning. 2019; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32264.88328
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2019
Vader, Purohit, and Pandit.
What Lies at the Center of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale? Network Analysis and Latent Structure of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale for Indian Data
Bombay Psychologist. 2019.
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2019
Belhekar, Vader, Korgaonkar, and Dattakavi
Note on Sensory Memory
for Marathi encyclopedia on Psychology (Marathi Vishwakosh)
N/A
2019
Vader
Acculturation and Personality among Indian students using the NEO-PI-3
Poster for 2020 American Psychological Association
USA
2019
Heffern, Vader, Belhekar, Mellott
Personality Structure in Marathi and English for Maharashtrians: A Psycholexical Investigation
Paper presentation at Society for Cross Cultural Research Conference (SCCR) 2020
Seattle, USA
2020
Belhekar and Vader
MUFFI 2 – A culture sensitive measure of personality based on the Indian context
Poster presentation at Society for Cross Cultural Research Conference (SCCR) 2020
Seattle, USA
2020
Vader and Belhekar
The Five-Factor Model and Cultural dimensions in the Indian Context
Poster presentation American Psychological Association (2019)
USA
2019
Heffern, Vader, Belhekar, Mellott
Using Factor analysis and Network analysis to delineate Personality Structure among Indian College Students
Poster presentation American Psychological Association (2018)
USA
2018
Heffern, Vader, Belhekar, Mellott
Implicit and Explicit attitude towards Gender
Paper presentation (accepted) at Marathi Manasshastra Parishad (translation- Marathi Human studies Conference)
Pune, India
2017
Vader and Belhekar
Ongoing studies
High Dimensionality structure of English Language Type-nouns
Finding the most robust model for type-noun structure in English language
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Vader and Saucier
Lexical study of Personality and Values of Hindi Language speakers
Developing a comprehensive dictionary of personality and value relevant words in Hindi and developing a measure for Hindi speakers
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Vader and Saucier
High Dimensionality structure of Persian Language Adjectives
Finding the most robust model for adjective structure in Persian language
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- PI: Saucier
- Data analysis with R:Vader